Opening Safari when launching from background state not possible?

Asked Mar 26 '17 at 16:30

Active Mar 26 '17 at 16:30

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I was wondering if it is possible to launch safari directly after opening an App through a push notification, so I implemented the following in my didReceiveRemoteNotification:

if (UIApplication.shared.applicationState == .active) {
// This works
UIApplication.shared.open(someurl , options: [ : ], completionHandler: nil)

} else if (UIApplication.shared.applicationState == .inactive) {
//Nothing happens
UIApplication.shared.open(someurl , options: [ : ], completionHandler: nil)

} else if (UIApplication.shared.applicationState == .background) {
//Nothing happens
UIApplication.shared.open(someurl , options: [ : ], completionHandler: nil)
}

I can put print statements or anything else in the .inactive or .background states which do get called, so the methods do get called. However the last 2 states are not opening Safari, nothing happens.

Question: Is this intended, or am I missing something here?

asked Mar 26 '17 at 16:30

ffritz

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Yes you can open the Safari View Controller from your remote notification. – Mannopson Mar 27 '17 at 01:14
@Mannopson Okay ... then why does above approach not work? – ffritz Mar 31 '17 at 10:36
You have checked states of the app and not anything else. – Mannopson Apr 01 '17 at 00:54
@Mannopson I thought the command within those checks does open Safari. It sure does for the first state. – ffritz Apr 01 '17 at 11:40
What you tried? Can you show me your code – Mannopson Apr 01 '17 at 11:52
well it is essentially what is shown here. `someurl` gets set above that. – ffritz Apr 01 '17 at 11:53
Have you tried to handle the notification itself ? You can open the Safari from your notification – Mannopson Apr 01 '17 at 12:18
@Mannopson What are you suggesting? Maybe you can point me in the right direction. I though I am handling the notification. – ffritz Apr 01 '17 at 12:59
You'll need to implement the UserNotificationDelegate protocol methods. – Mannopson Apr 01 '17 at 13:30
Check this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/42616737/6680583 – Mannopson Apr 01 '17 at 13:32

Opening Safari when launching from background state not possible?

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